Nick Bair wrote on Sun, 02 August 2009 21:47 |
We are looking for some type of device which would allow us to view a split-screen view of at least 4 inputs on a single monitor.
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That is going to require some kind of a screen splitter.
There are products from the security, server farm, and AV product categories that fill various parts of that need. No matter what you've heard, the security market it no longer limited or even oriented to B&W devices. But, it is still very NTSC-driven, with relatively low resolution, particularly for displaying text and graphics.
The kinds of controls and ergonomics that are acceptible in the security and server markets may not be as comfortable in a real-time, larger audience venue.
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The input format/connectors don't matter--we can get adapters for that kind of thing.
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I think you will find that the most economical and effective place for that sort of conversion to take place is inside the screen splitter itself.
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We have a switch box to switch between each signal, but we currently have no way of monitoring the unselected inputs, and as such are kind of "running blind."
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Monitoring is a far easier problem, and potentialy requires nothing more than a splitter for each input, 4 monitors or another switch and a display.
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We do not have the space for separate monitors.
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And that's another problem with lashed-up solutions - they take up space and electrical outlets.
Some good brand names in the (preferred) AV market to look at have been mentioned in this thread already, and of course Google is your friend.
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